The potential role of the heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide system in male sexual dysfunctions

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-333

  Shamloul, Rany ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Erectile dysfunction; Heme oxygenase

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; EJACULATION DISORDER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PENIS ERECTION; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 59349118719     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01068.x     Document Type: Review

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